[plug] GPRS under Linux

[Craig Ringer]

Paul Arch wrote:

> Pricing is pretty crap.  Starting from 2.2 cents per 1KB, and they count
> both directions.  Vodaphone have some good plans ( $29.95 gets you 5mb, and
> 0.58 cents per 1KB after).  You can go on Pay as you Go, and pay 22 cents
> per session connection.  But this is waived if you use a plan like above.

OMFG. And I thought 15c/MB was steep. I think I'm going to just drop 
this whole idea - at prices like that, even a long ssh session would be 
expensive. Even the "bulk" plans are jaw droppingly expensive, according 
to the link you sent. I must've made a mistake - as that looks like 
$23,000/GB! I'd be laughing if I wasn't still in shock.

Lets hope the deployment of 3G networks results in pricing that's at 
least vaguely on this planet.

Uggh... just imagine a laptop user whose machine was infected with a 
worm. Those high-bill Telstra ADSL users would have _nothing_ to 
complain about in comparison.

> One thing you have to be careful about is some providers offer WAP/MMS only,
> if you dont ask for actually using your mobile to browse the internet.

The phone will be provided by work, and we're with Telstra - so I have 
no choice of provider :-(

> I can provide /etc/ppp/options etc. if you like.

I don't think I'll be needing it now ;-)

Craig Ringer